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Bookmark this pageChavez: Inside the Coup (2003)
Director: Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain
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From Time Out Film Guide
Winner of two Grierson Documentary Awards, this fast-paced, 'exclusive', insider view of the Venezuelan presidency in crisis has in some quarters proved almost as controversial as the populist leader Hugo Chavez himself. Granted access in April 2002 to film a political portrait, Bartley and O'Briain found themselves capturing the chaotic events of an attempted coup (48 hours which saw Chavez deposed and reinstated). Parallels with Chile under Allende are apparent, both in the politics and the backing of the opposition, but the film has also been seen by some as too partisan. Given the polarities of Venezuela's social order, however, this is understandable, and there's no denying that the fertile combination of 'right place, right time' and rapid response camerawork has produced a significant document of wide relevance.Author: GE
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- Ian Crause said...
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Posted on Dec 05 2007 16:16
Perhaps your 'foreign affairs specialist' who contributed to the 'Ken In the Dock' feature could explain why she referred to Chavez' government as 'Latin Amerrica's last dictatorship' when it was reelected last year with 63% of the vote.
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Cast & crew
Director: Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain
Producer: David Power
Cast: Jesse Helms, Colin Powell, George Tenet, Hugo Chavez, Pedro Carmona full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 74 mins
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